You have made the decision that when the right time comes, you will move into a senior living community…the problem is, when is the right time to take this next step in your life?
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Communicating With Elderly
It’s important to maintain good relationships with our friends or parents who are growing older…we want to maintain those relationships, and most often it requires good communication. But it isn’t always easy to communicate effectively with an elderly adult.
Lie To Someone With Dementia
You need to ask yourself, not only, is it right to lie to someone with dementia, but does it even help?
Senior Fitness
Sure, it’s inevitable that as we age, we have a tendency to slow down a bit, our bodies are getting older, but that doesn’t mean we should stop using them, a sedentary lifestyle is not a healthy or fulfilling lifestyle…
Pets In Senior Communities
For a senior being asked to move into a senior community, it’s a difficult to impossible thing. But what happens if they have a cat or dog that they love and can’t live without…can they take it with them?
Time For Assisted Living
You never thought this day would come, yet here it is…how can you do this and live with the guilt of having put a parent in Assisted Living, certainly you should be able to take care of them like you’d planned. But it’s not as simple as you had thought it would be. Will they […]
Choose a Retirement Community
Whether you’re looking for a retirement community for yourself or an assisted living facility for a senior parent, you certainly don’t want to settle for a place that doesn’t accomodate your desires and needs.
Elderly Living Alone
As you grow older, where would you want to live, in a retirement community, with your children, or would you prefer to age in place (live in your own home)? Would that be so bad?
Caring for Someone With Memory Loss
Caring for someone who has memory loss can not only be challenging but very stressful. How can you help them feel loved, respected, and safe? These practical ideas will be very helpful.
Senior Memory Loss
We all forget or lose things once in a while, and some of us have better memories than others…but when a senior begins to forget things, it’s automatically assumed that they have dementia or Alzheimer’s disease – which isn’t necessarily true. And there are things they can do to strengthen their mental function…